The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-31
THE COUP D, ET.Ar.
The History Of Napoleon HIS Great
Crime, Written by His Project OF

Crime, Written by His Project OF
Police.
A book destined to excite much Curl
osity and anger will be issued in n few
days in Paris, entitled Memories sur
lie Second Empire" 1t is in reality q
history of the I'd of December, 1851, re-
lated by M. de Maupas, Project Of po-
lice at that time, one of the first insti-
gators of the coup d etat, and one OF
its warmest and boldest actors.
"The arrests were all to be made by
police commissaries. For q month l
had sent for each of these officials to my
office, and had selected for the most i'm
portant commissions those whom l
deemed the most resolute. With sim
gle exception L found the utmost devo-
ton. All who were TO act on the I'd
had been warned not to leave home, and
received orders at am to be at tbs
Prefecture of Police at peciiied time,
between 3 and half-past 4. Five min
utes were allowed each officer. On ar
irving they were kept apart and intro
duced singly into my office to receive
my instructions. 1t is always blunder
OF such a moment to say more than is
necessary, and told each commissary
what arrest he was to make, not letting
him know that he was sharing in gen.
eral measure.
about eight o'clock had all the
minutes of arrests, and most of the COM
missaries, on coming back from Mazas,
had seen me.
AS to M. Theirs, his arrest was
strange scene. Awakened out of his
sleep by the entry of the police commits
sary. he was seized with positive terror
on hearing that he was being arrested.
Hfs words were incoherent: HE did
not want to be arrested; he was not a
criminal; he was not conspiring; he
would henceforth remain stranger to
politics; he was going abroad" All
this was said with great volubility,
without Mr.. Hubault. the commissary.
being able to put in a word. But when
his first agitation WIS over, and the
commissary had persuaded him
that his life was in no danger,
he recovered himself, and the illustri-
GUS orator, sitting in his bed, COM
menced to hold forth as if he had been
simple spectator of what was passing.
To the request to rise and dress him
self he replied by singular proceeding,
from which it should have been more
dignified to abstain. Then, still un-
clad, he approached piece Of furni-
ture in order, he said, to take pair OF
pistols. If blew your brains out,
said he, and added, DO you know that
/ am armed, and that il would be very
exousabls if I treated you like o male
factorP M. HRbault soon Gained his
bsllisoss humor by showing him that he
himself WIS armed but M. Theirs had
rsgainod confidence, and he began Jest.
ing in way altogether out Of hsrinoi,
with the situation. betrayipg ah
effoIt to conceal bis real state
Of mind. This painful scene
lasted upward Of o quarter Of an hour
NJ. Theirs was evidently anxious 10 gain
time. What hope had he? II. HUI
bault OF length insisted on his dressing,
and in few moments he was beside ths
commissary in the carriage awaiting
him outside. The attitude Of NJ. Theirs
then suddenly changed. His first tar
ror revived. 'You are going to shoot
me- he said; I see you nse leading me
to death Then, once more treasured
as to his life, he tried to ascertain
whether he alone had been arrested.
He tried, by promising considerable
sums, to obtain permission to escape
from Mazas. At Mazas he fell into
state Of complete prostration, and was
treated with the greatest care.
The most extraordinary thing is that
90 many persons were aware of the in
tended coup d. elat, and that nobody
betrayed the secret. This is unprece.
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